Your Career, Your Life - Career Management for the Information Professional

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; Work: overview and philosophy, Rosemary Raddon; Work: change and the information professional, Rosemary Raddon; Preparation for change: support mechanisms, dynamics and processes, Rosemary Raddon; Managing career change and growth, Rosemary Raddon; Changing contexts and roles for information workers, Angela Abell; Developing a career in organizations: or don't take it personally!, Rosanna Kendall; Coping with organizational change, Rossana Kendall; Upwards, onwards or outwards?, Liz Roberts; Case studies; Appendices; Bibliography; Journals; Index.

About the author

Rosemary Raddon, editor of Ashgate title Information Dynamics, has many years' experience in career and management development, working as a consultant and trainer in the public and private sectors, and as a student counsellor. A former head of the School of Information and Communication Studies at the University of North London, she is also a specialist in curriculum development and resource-based learning and is a regular writer and speaker on these subjects.

Summary

Written with reference to those working in the library and information science professions, this book considers the meaning of work, the relationship between work and the worker, the range of choices available, how to make choices, and how manage those choices and the resultant career.

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Raddon, Raddon Rosemary
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138439566
• ISBN: 978-1-138-43956-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Advice on careers & achieving success, Advice on careers and achieving success, Library & Information Sciences, Library and information sciences / Museology